briannad

I am currently a pre-nursing student and I am enrolled at a community college for now but I will be transferring to a university once I figure out what I am going to do in the future. I never took nursing classes while I was in highschool because I didn't know what I wanted to do up until after I graduated. I've watched youtube videos and have done extensive research and I'm coming to realize I'm not too interested in becoming a nurse anymore. I know for a fact that I want to be in the healthcare field, work in a hospital and with patients BUT, I just don't think I can handle the bedside part of nursing and nursing school. Are there any other options for me besides nursing that I may have over looked? I want to AT LEAST obtain my bachelors degrees but if I were to go into a PA program, what type of degree would you suggest I get beforehand?

I did not mean that at all. I was referring to how some people in the medical field become emotional when they see patients with terminal illnesses. I apologize and should've been more specific when I typed that out.

Recently I decided that nursing isn't for me. I just graduated high school and will begin CC in august so I can transfer to a university. As I was planning out my dream to become a nurse, I realized I couldn't put up with certain things, such as catheters, handling urine and feces, and vomit. I have no problem touching body parts and dealing with other body secretions (blood, puss, etc.), its just those things specifically. I was looking into becoming a radiation therapist. I've been watching videos and reading articles, but I cant really find anything besides RT's give patients radiation to kill cancer cells and tumors. Can an RT or someone familiar with radiation therapy give me more insight on what it is like in this field? And besides seeing cancer patients, what are some cons?

I'm a recent hs graduate and I'm doing community college for my prerequisites before going to a university. Since junior year of hs, I've always had the plan to become a nurse. Because I decided on my career path a little too late, I wasn't able to do any nursing classes that my hs offered. I've been researching on the nursing field and nursing programs in my state and I've come across things that nurses do that I'm not too interested in. For example, I'm not interested in cleaning patients or dealing with their bodily fluids, like feces, urine, saliva, etc. (blood and pus I can handle). I also don't want to work in a hospital. My ultimate goal is to work in an outpatient facility or an office of a dermatologist or plastic surgeon and to work in an OR (if possible). Is there a different route I can take or should I just go into nursing school and suck it up in order to reach my goal? SN - I am passionate about healthcare but I just don't know which route would be the best for me.